For the past three weeks, the Young Performer's Theater cast has been hard at work bringing East of the Sun and West of the Moon, written by Tina Howe, to life. This past weekend, they ran the entire show, complete with all of the movement that will be featured in the final production. Meanwhile, parent volunteers have been hard at work designing costumes, sets, and props, and will continue to be an integral part of the play creation process.

Although they've been busy working on all these aspects of the play, we caught up with the cast last Tuesday and asked: What is your favorite part of the show?

Cast members found both the funny and serious sides of the play exciting. A troll explosion was a favorite part for many, while Abigail FitzGibbon, the West Cast's Gunnhild/Troll Princess particularly enjoyed the troll wedding, which features a minister who "misprounces everything." Others noted the special traits of their own characters: Levi Danielson, the East Cast's Olav, is excited to play a man who has "no feeling in his right leg," while Muriel Reid, who plays the East Cast's Knut, declared that she enjoyed playing a mean character because it required "more acting." Deborah Yearwood, Tove in the East Cast, noted her character's story arc: she gets to transform, over the course of the show, from "something timid to something awesome."